secondly
adverb
sec·ond·ly
ˈse-kən(d)-lē 
: in the second place
For one, the process required considerable hand labor; secondly, it was difficult to control in large format …—
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And secondly, when you suddenly, I’d been locked inside of German television and film industry for a long time.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025
First, that his nephews would watch it, and secondly that his aunt would too, and text him afterward.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
With the potential lack of a big announcement, investors and analysts will instead be poring over the fine detail of Powell’s speech: Firstly, to see if their timing estimations for a cut seem realistic, and secondly to garner a sense of how the FOMC view the strength of the economy more widely.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 July 2025
Another contributor is the increase in childlessness, Seabright said, which has two effects—firstly, fewer children born of Christian parents, and secondly, childless couples and younger single people are less likely to belong to Christian churches than couples with children.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025
First, that his nephews would watch it, and secondly that his aunt would too, and text him afterward.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
With the potential lack of a big announcement, investors and analysts will instead be poring over the fine detail of Powell’s speech: Firstly, to see if their timing estimations for a cut seem realistic, and secondly to garner a sense of how the FOMC view the strength of the economy more widely.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 July 2025
Another contributor is the increase in childlessness, Seabright said, which has two effects—firstly, fewer children born of Christian parents, and secondly, childless couples and younger single people are less likely to belong to Christian churches than couples with children.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for secondly
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“Secondly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secondly. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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